Prenatal T excess induces maternal hyperinsulinemia, early puberty, and reproductive/metabolic defects in the female similar to those seen in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. This study addressed the organizational/activational role of androgens and insulin in programming pubertal advancement and periovulatory LH surge defects. Treatment groups included the following: 1) control; 2) prenat...

nuchal translucency (nt) measurements in the first trimester screening between 11 and 14 weeks’ gestation are regarded as a clear marker for aneuploidies. the presence of a thickened nt, even if the karyotype is normal, can be associated with structural abnormalities. having an abnormal screening of nt, parents and physicians could face dilemma over abortion particularly in a case of ivf/icsi f...

this is a field study, done with the purpose of detecting awareness rate of midwifery students about the prenatal, intrapartal, post partal care of women suffering from aids in the nursing and midwifery faculties in medical university science ministry of heath and medical teaching in tehran city (iran, 1993).   in this research multi stage random sampling method was used, and 124 of third and f...

introduction: gestational stress can lead to cerebral functional disorders, such as epilepsy, probably due to the disturbance in the cerebral maturation and causing abnormal neuronal correlations. in the present study, effect of gestational predator stress on the neonatal epileptic behaviors was investigated in rats. methods: female rats (200 ± 20 g) were divided into two groups intact pregnant...

background: the organizational environment and its existing context may deeply affect on empowerment of individuals. in educational institutions as well as other organizations, students are going to be powerful when opportunities for growth and achievement of power are provided for them in learning and educational environments. this study has been carried out to explain the facilitators and imp...

a b s t r a c tintroduction: because of more exposure to mercury compounds, the prenatal and postnatal neurotoxic effects of mercury compounds have gained more attention in last decade. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of mercuric chloride intoxication on spinal cord development during prenatal period. methods: 36 adult sprague-dawley rats after observing vaginal mating plaq...

with significant improve in health-care and treatment of infectious diseases, genetic disorders have created a new era of notification. changes in social attitude towards family life and tendency of parents for limited number of children, sense of responsibility of parents for mental and physical healthiness of children along with their education, needed a new strategy. since most genetic disor...